Electro Assassin Explained

Electro Assassin
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Alias:	Crisis
Origin:	London, United Kingdom
Years Active:	1990–1999
Spinoff Of:	Johnson Engineering Co.
Past Members:	Kevin Gould Richard McKinlay Ian Taylor

Electro Assassin was the music project of London-based composer Kevin Gould, known for his work with Johnson Engineering Co. Ian Taylor provided vocals to the project between 1990 and 1994. The group released three albums: Jamming the Voice of the Universe (1992), Bioculture (1993) and The Divine Invasion (1995).^{[1] [2]}

History

Electro Assassin was founded out of London in 1990 by Kevin Gould as an outlet for his solo compositions. Gould had previously performed in Johnson Engineering Co.^[3] Gould joined with Ian Taylor^[4] and released Jamming the Voice of the Universe in 1992 by Hyperium Records and Concrete Productions.^{[5] [6]} The second album was released in 1993 by Hyperium and titled Bioculture and represented vocalist Ian Taylor's final release with the band.^[7] The band's third album, titled The Divine Invasion, was released in 1995 by Synthetic Symphony and Cyber-Tec Records^{[8] [9]} and introduced Richard McKinley as the band's new vocalist.^[10] In September of that year the album was reissued in the United States by Fifth Colvmn Records.^[11] Kevin Gould now releases material under Nexus Project via Rebel Scum Productions on Bandcamp

Discography

Studio albums

• Jamming the Voice of the Universe (1992, Hyperium/Concrete)
• Bioculture (1993, Hyperium)
• The Divine Invasion (1995, Synthetic Symphony/Cyber-Tec)

Compilation appearances

• FMCD Volume 8 - April 1994 (1994, Future Music)
• Hy! ...To Hypersonic (The Hyperium Compilation | Part II) (1992, Hyperium)
• Hyperium Promo-Sampler (1992, Hyperium)
• Hy! From Hypnotic to Hypersonic (1992, Hyperium)
• Electronic Youth Vol.1 (1993, Music Research)
• Funky Alternatives Seven (1993, Concrete)
• The Digital Space Between Vol. 2 (1995, Cleopatra)
• Cyber-Tec America (1995, Invisible)
• Untitled (1996, Infected, Cyber-Tec)
• Industrial Virus (1997, Dressed to Kill)
• Industrial Hazard (1998, Dressed to Kill)
• Industrial Armageddon (1998, Age of Panik)
• Sacrilege: A Tribute to Front 242 (1999, Cleopatra)
• Industrial Meltdown (1999, Cleopatra)
• Hardware (1999, MCT)

Notes and References

1. Thessalonians: The Black Field . . Mike Gunderloy . 1994 . 52 . 3 . September 5, 2020.
2. Web site: Dave . Heckman . Electro Assassin . . Zero Defect Design LLC . 2005 . 8 September 2020.
3. Web site: John . Bush . [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0000137996/biography|pure_url=yes}} Electro Assassin > Biography ]. . 8 September 2020.
4. Marcuse . H. . Electro Assassin - Jamming the Voice of the Universe . Music From The Empty Quarter . February 1992 . 4 . 42 . The Empty Quarter . UK . 0964-542X .
5. Matthew . Riley . Electro Assassin: Jamming the Voice of the Universe . EST . Hyperreal . 1992 . 3 . 8 September 2020.
6. Electro Assassin . . Sonic Options Network . 1992 . 42-47 . 94 . 8 September 2020.
7. Chris . Christian . Electro Assassin: Bioculture Mutation . Sonic Boom . August 1995 . 3 . 5 . 8 September 2020.
8. Electro Assassin . . Sonic Options Network . 1995 . 60-65 . 126.
9. Chris . Christian . Electro Assassin: The Divine Invasion . Sonic Boom . October 1995 . 3 . 8 . September 5, 2020.
10. Deadhead . Neville . Leigh . Riley . Matthew . Minds' Eye . Music From The Empty Quarter . March 1995 . 11 . 7 . The Empty Quarter . UK . 0964-542X .
11. Jared . Louche . Jared Louche . Fifth Colvmn Records: On-Line Mail Order Catalog . hallucinet.com . . 1996 . September 5, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19980131203401/http://www.hallucinet.com/fifthcolvmn/ . January 31, 1998 .